Will Anderson

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Portage, Mich.
High School:
Portage Central HS

Michigan Career
• (2x) Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023, '24)
• (3x), Academic All-Big Ten (2022, '23, '24)
• (3x), U-M Academic Athletic Achievement (2022, '23, '24)
• Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Sept. 29, 2021)
• Started 39 of 40 career events
• Carried a 73.51 career scoring average, seventh all-time
• Posted 44 rounds of par-or-better, with 28 sub-par and nine sub-70
• Shot a career-low 64 (-8) in the first round of the 2023 Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate (Feb. 27-March 1)
   • Second lowest single round in U-M history; sixth Wolverines to fire a 64
• Posted a career-low 204 (-6) 54-hole total at the 2021 Macdonald Cup (Sept. 25-26); medalist

Medalist
• Medalist at the Macdonald Cup
   • Tallied a career-low 204, -6 (66-68-70), tying the fourth-lowest 54-hole total in program history
   • Won by three shots over teammate Hunter Thomson (207) and Harvard's Brian Ma (207)

Season: 2023-24
• One of four Wolverines to start 12 tournaments; with Hunter Thomson, Ben Hoagland, and Yuqi Liu
• Helped U-M post eight top-five finishes in 11 events; had four top-three
   • Helped U-M capture the team title at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 3-4)
   • Helped U-M capture the team title at the Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 25-26)
       • The Wolverines' 830 (-34) total was the second-lowest team 54-hole total in program history
       • Four of the five starters finished among the top 10, including medalists (Ben Hoagland, Yuqi Liu)
• Led U-M in one event; posted two top-10 finishes
   • Paced U-M at Hoosier Collegiate Invitational (April 6-7); tied for 13th (72-75-75/222)
   • Top 10: The Clerico (Oct. 24-25); tied for seventh (71-71-71/213, +3)
   • Top 10: Virtues Intercollegiate; finished eighth (69-69-71/209, -7)
• Played in his fourth Big Ten Championships
   • Helped U-M tie for 10th (907) at the Scotio Country Club (April 26-28)
   • Individually, tied for 49th (79-76-76/231)
• Averaged a career-best 72.75 scoring average; fourth on U-M
   • Recorded 10 sub-par rounds, with four sub-70 tallies
   • Shot a season-low 67 (-5) in the third round of the Invitational at the Ford (Feb. 26-27)
• Posted three sub-par 54-hole totals; averaged 218.25 per event
   • Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 209 (69-69-71) at the Virtues Intercollegiate

Season: 2022-23
• One of two Wolverines to start all 12 tournaments; with Hunter Thomson
• Helped U-M post six top-five team finishes; had three top-three
• Helped U-M win the Big Ten Match Play Championship; second in program history
   • Individually, posted a 2-1-1 record
   • No. 8-seed U-M defeated the top three seeds to win the Big Ten title
       • No. 7 Penn State (3-2)
       • No. 2 Michigan State (3.5-1.5)
       • No. 3 Indiana (3-2)
       • No. 1 Northwestern (3-2)
• Led U-M in two events; with five top-20 finishes
   • Border Olympics (Feb. 10-11); tied for fifth (215, -1)
   • Louisiana Classics (March 13-14); tied for 25th (225)
• Played in his third Big Ten Championships
   • Helped U-M to 13th (612); battling heavy rains at Galloway National Golf Club (April 28-30)
   • Championships had its final round canceled
   • Individually, tied for 53rd (86-71/157)
• Second on U-M with a 73.59 scoring average
   • Recorded eight sub-par rounds with one sub-70 tally
   • Shot a career-low 64 (-8) in the first round of the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate (Feb. 27-March 1)
       • Tied the second-lowest single-round tally in program history
• Posted three sub-par 54-hole totals; averaged 219.80 per event
   • Tallied a career-low 36-hole total of 157 (86-71) at the Big Ten Championships
   • Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 212, +2 (70-72-70) at the Macdonald Cup (Sept. 24-25)

Season: 2021-22
• Played in 10 tournaments, with nine starts
• Led U-M in three consecutive events to start the season; posted three top-10 finishes, with one top-five
   • Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 5-6); tied for seventh (218, +2)
   • MacDonald Cup (Sept. 25-26); medalist (204, -6)
   • Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate (Oct. 2-4); tied for 10th (212, -6)
• Won his first collegiate event at the Macdonald Cup (Sept. 25-26)
   • Posted a career-low 204 (-6, 66-68-70) total, lowering his prior best at the time by 12 shots
   • Became the first Wolverine to claim medalist honors since 2019
• Played in his second Big Ten Championships
   • Helped U-M to 13th (919) at the French Lick Resort (April 29-May 1)
   • Individually, finished 60th (78-76-82/236)
• Second on U-M with a 73.40 scoring average
   • Recorded nine sub-par rounds, with four sub-70 tallies
   • Shot a season-low 66 (-4) in the first round of the Macdonald Cup (10 pars, six birdies, two bogeys)
• Posted three sub-par 54-hole totals; averaged 220.20 per event
   • Tallied a career-low 54-hole total of 204, -6 (66-68-70) at the Macdonald Cup

Season: 2020-21
• Note: U-M's fall season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• One of three Wolverines to start all six tournaments; with Patrick Sullivan and Charlie Pilon
• Led U-M in two events, with one top-10 finish
   • Border Olympics (Feb. 22-23); tied for ninth (216, E)
   • Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (April 24-25); tied for 18th (218, +5)
• Played in his first Big Ten Championships
   • Helped U-M to 13th (934) at the Crooked Stick Golf Club (April 30-May 2)
   • Individually, tied for 42nd (81-76-76/233)
• Led U-M with a 75.06 scoring average
   • First Wolverine freshman to lead in scoring in six years (Kyle Mueller, 2015)
   • Recorded two sub-par rounds
   • Shot a season-low 70 (-1) in the first round of the Border Olympics; first career sub-par round
• Averaged 225.17 per event
   • Tallied a season-low 54-hole total of 216, E (71-72-73) at the Border Olympics

Prep & Junior Career
• Four-year varsity golfer at Portage Central High School
• Senior season (2020) was canceled following the global coronavirus pandemic
• Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association (MIGCA) All-State Division I first-team honors (2018, '19)
• Two-time individual qualifier for the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Division I Finals, tying for eighth in 2018 (74-77/150) and tying for 11th in 2019 (77-75/152)
• Two-time Division I Regional 1 medalist: 2018 (66, -6) and 2019 (72, E)
• Three-time qualifier for the Michigan Open (2018, '19, '20); advancing in 2018 (t-67th; 77-77-77-78/309)
• Michigan Junior Amateur: 2017, tied for 21st (74-73/147); 2018, medalist runner-up (73-66/139, -5), match play quarterfinal (W, 2 up vs. Jack Tucker; W, 2&1 vs. Noah Kolar; L, 1 up vs. Kevin Healy); 2019: tied for 12th (72-72/144, E), match play round of 16 (W, 6&5 vs. Stachel Pierce; L, 2&1 Cameron Cowland)
• Michigan Junior PGA Championship: tied for sixth in 2018 (72-72/144, E) and tied for fifth in 2019 (73-70/143, -1)
• In American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) highlights: tied for 21st (79-69-73/221) at 2020 Coca-Cola Junior Championships; tied for 12th (69-75-78/222) at the 2018 Randy Wise Junior Open and followed with an 18th in 2019 (72-76-71/219) and tied for 17th at the Trusted Choice Big I National (73-72-75-76/296)
• Played on the Meijer Junior Tour (2011-17), earning 2014 Player of the Year honors after four individual wins and three runner-up finishes in eight events

Notables
• In addition to his prep golf career, he was a four-year varsity hockey player, serving as team captain for two seasons at Portage Central

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	18	36	54	72	T-5	T-10	T-20	Sub-Par	Par	MP
2020-21	6	6	18	1351	75.06	71 (-1)	-	216 (E)	-	0	1	2	1	2	0-0-0
2021-22	10	9	30	2202	73.40	66 (-4)	-	204 (-6)	-	1	3	4	9	2	0-0-0
2022-23	12	12	32	2355	73.59	64 (-8)	157	212 (2)	-	1	1	5	8	8	2-1-1
2023-24	12	12	36	2619	72.75	67 (-5)	-	209 (-7)	-	0	2	5	10	4	0-0-0
Career	40	39	116	8370	73.51	64 (-8)	157	204 (-6)	-	2	7	16	28	16	2-1-1